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Friday, December 12, 2008
Jon Stewart and Mike Huckabee on Gay Marriage
More of the same from Mike Huckabee. Says to Jon Stewart, "You might be using logic and reasoning, but I have religion to fall back on."
Friday, December 5, 2008
If We Behave, They'll Give us our Rights
I was reading through the comments section at the LA Times regarding that Prop 8 musical, and I read a sentiment I seem to be hearing a lot lately. (By the way I avoid comments sections like the plague, they are just filled with venom so much of the time.)
There seems to be a faction of people saying we need to treat this as a PR campaign, and we need to not mock the religiously conservative voters that helped to pass this amendment. Instead we should be clamoring for their acceptance, and showing them that we are just normal folk. That way we can pass an amendment of our own in two or four years.
Bullshit.
The idea that I should have to beg the permission of these people to be married is ridiculous. Lets think of other places where we can apply this logic:
* If slaves work a little bit harder, then maybe their masters will take pity and pride in them and set them free.
* If a woman is in an abusive relationship, then maybe she just needs to be a little more patient, a little more loving, and just try to be a better wife. Then her husband wouldn't have a reason to hit her.
* If you had been a better son or daughter, your parents would not have gotten divorced.
We should not have to beg for our rights, and our best bet to receive our rights is to take it to the courts. Public opinion is not on our side, and it will not be on our side until people are forced to accept us and see us in a new light, and that won't happen until they see the results of our marriages years from now.
There seems to be a faction of people saying we need to treat this as a PR campaign, and we need to not mock the religiously conservative voters that helped to pass this amendment. Instead we should be clamoring for their acceptance, and showing them that we are just normal folk. That way we can pass an amendment of our own in two or four years.
Bullshit.
The idea that I should have to beg the permission of these people to be married is ridiculous. Lets think of other places where we can apply this logic:
* If slaves work a little bit harder, then maybe their masters will take pity and pride in them and set them free.
* If a woman is in an abusive relationship, then maybe she just needs to be a little more patient, a little more loving, and just try to be a better wife. Then her husband wouldn't have a reason to hit her.
* If you had been a better son or daughter, your parents would not have gotten divorced.
We should not have to beg for our rights, and our best bet to receive our rights is to take it to the courts. Public opinion is not on our side, and it will not be on our side until people are forced to accept us and see us in a new light, and that won't happen until they see the results of our marriages years from now.
Wednesday, December 3, 2008
Prop 8 The Musical
This cheered me up a lot today. Just in case you haven't seen it somewhere else first.
See more Jack Black videos at Funny or Die
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